The Flash object lets you display a Flash (.swf) movie on the page. It does this by taking advantage of the Flash Player ActiveX control that is found on most systems.
Specifically, it embeds the Flash Player control directly into your AutoPlay application. This essentially "borrows" the Flash Player's rendering engine—which is the part of the player that deals with showing Flash movies on your computer screen—and uses it to display Flash files in your AutoPlay application. The Flash object is kind of like a Flash Player-shaped receptacle, that the Flash Player ActiveX control can "plug into" at run time. The end result is that it looks like the Flash file is built right into your AutoPlay application.
Tip: An easy way to add a Flash object is to drag and drop a Flash file (.swf) onto the page surface.
The Flash object is compatible with any version of the Macromedia Flash Player control. However, some Flash movies will only display in certain versions of the control. Therefore you may want to take steps to ensure that your users will have the appropriate version of the control installed on their systems.
Note: In the Standard edition of AutoPlay Media Studio, the detection of the Flash control will be done automatically if you include one or more Flash objects in your project. If the end user does not have the control installed, AutoPlay will display a dialog message informing the user and to allow them to proceed to a website where they can install it. You can control whether or not the check will be performed using the Global Variable _DoFlashCheck. For more information on this feature see Flash Detection in the Standard Edition.
In the Professional edition of AutoPlay Media Studio you will need to configure this detection by going to Project > Dependencies. There you will be able to select the Flash ActiveX control and customize it's detection properties.
The Macromedia Flash Player control is installed with any of the following:
Macromedia Flash Player
Windows 95 OEM upgrade CD
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Internet Explorer 4.01 (or newer)
Navigator 4.0.6
Netscape Communicator 6 (or newer)
America Online (AOL) 7.0
RealPlayer